 But know then, Orgilus, what honour is : Honour consists not in a bare opinion By doing any act that feeds content, Brave in appearance, 'cause we think it brave ; Such honour comes by accident, not nature, Proceeding from the vices of our passion, Which...  Dramatic Works of John Ford ... - Page 275by John Ford - 1827Full view - About this book
 | John Ford - English drama - 1888 - 508 pages
...Orgilus, what honour is : Honour consists not in a bare opinion By doing any act that feeds content, Brave in appearance, 'cause we think it brave •...virtue^ and acquired By justice, or by valour which for basis Hath justice to uphold it. He then fails In honour, who for lucre or revenge Commits thefts,... | |
 | John Ford - 1894 - 172 pages
...Orgilus, what honour is : Honour consists not in a bare opinion By doing any act that feeds content, Brave in appearance, 'cause we think it brave ; Such honour comes by accident, not nature, 35 Proceeding from the vices of our passion. Which makes our reason_drunk_; but real honour Is the... | |
 | John Ford - 1895 - 440 pages
...Orgilus, what honour is : Honour consists not in a bare opinion By doing any act that feeds content, Brave in appearance, 'cause we think it brave; Such...drunk : but real honour Is the reward of virtue, and acquir'd By justice, or by valour which for basis Hath justice to uphold it. He then fails In honour,... | |
 | John Ford - 1895 - 476 pages
...drunk : but real honour Is the reward of virtue, and acquir'd By justice, or by valour which for basis Hath justice to uphold it. He then fails In honour, who for lucre or revenge3 Commits thefts, murders,4 treasons, and adulteries, With suchlike, by intrenching on just laws, Whose sovereignty is... | |
 | Willy Bang - English drama - 1906 - 102 pages
...Orgilus, what honour is : Honour consists not in a bare opinion By doing any act that feeds content, Brave in appearance, 'cause we think it brave ; Such...drunk : but real honour Is the reward of virtue, and acquir'd By justice, or by valour which for basis Hath justice to uphold it. He then fails In honour,... | |
 | Willy Bang - English drama - 1906 - 88 pages
...Orgilus, what honour is : Honour consists not in a bare opinion By doing any act that feeds content, Brave in appearance, 'cause we think it brave ; Such...passion, Which makes our reason drunk : but real honour « Poor man ». Is the reward of virtue, and acquir'd By justice, or by valour which for basis Hath... | |
 | John Ford - 1906 - 244 pages
...Orgilus, what honour is : Honour consists not in a bare opinion By doing any act that feeds content, Brave in appearance, 'cause we think it brave ; Such honour comes by accident, not nature 40 Proceeding from the vices of our passion, Which makes our reason drunk : but real honour Is the... | |
 | John Ford - 1915 - 448 pages
...consists not in a bare opinion By doing any act that feeds content ; Brave in appearance, 'cause we thinke it brave : Such honour comes by accident, not nature,...from the vices of our passion, Which makes our reason drunke. But reall honour Is the reward of vertue, and acquir'd By justice or by valour which for bases... | |
 | John Ford - 1915 - 356 pages
...our passion, Which makes our reason drunke. But reall honour Is the reward of vertue, and acquir'd By justice or by valour which for bases Hath justice to uphold it. He then failes 40 In honour, who for lucre [or] revenge Commits thefts, murthers, treasons, and adulteries,... | |
 | Janet Spens - Tragedy - 1916 - 126 pages
...Orgilus, what honour is: Honour consists not in a bare opinion, By doing any act that feeds content, Brave in appearance, 'cause we think it brave; Such...virtue, and acquired By justice, or by valour which for basis Hath justice to uphold it. He then fails In honour who for lucre or revenge Commits thefts, murders,... | |
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